We ignore our connection to other living things

The loss of migratory birds from flying into cell towers and high-tension electric towers is well-documented, and the annual death toll is staggering. Cell towers alone account 6.8 million birds killed yearly.

Yesterday, I drove by a row of high-tension towers and noticed the body of a black vulture hanging on the lower beams. Wrapped around the vulture's feet was a wire strung over the beam and anchored to the side of the tower. Someone had actually done this to the bird. What I found is a violation of the Federal Migratory Bird Act and punishable by up to $15,000 in fines and six months in prison.

For many, nature has become an "it" rather than a living thing. We have depersonalized nature to the point that we often disregard that we are intimately related to it and that there can be consequences for abusing it. Perhaps education about our relationship with everything around us could make a difference. If we ignore our interconnectivity with all things - we do so at our own peril.

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We ignore our connection to other living things

The loss of migratory birds from flying into cell towers and high-tension electric towers is well-documented, and the annual death toll is staggering. Cell towers alone account 6.8 million birds